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Livestream Wednesday 12 March 2025 - SC 110/2024

Supreme Court hearing Wednesday 12 March 2025

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Livestream Wednesday 12 March 2025

Hearing | 12 March 2025

Wednesday 12 March 2025 at 10:00am

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    Summary

    Criminal Appeal — Application for leave to refer a question of law

    Result

    A We grant leave to the Solicitor-General to refer the following questions of law (arising from Nikoloff v R [2024] NZCA 318) to this Court under s 317 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011:
    Was the defect in the leave given on behalf of the Attorney-General able to be remedied or rectified by the instrument of ratification?
    Was the trial at which Mr Nikoloff was convicted a nullity?
    B We appoint Mr S J Shamy as counsel to assist the Court on the appeal under s 318(3)(a) of the Criminal Procedure Act.
    27 November 2024

    Date of Hearing

    12 March 2025

    Judges

    Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, Williams, France and Miller JJ

    Case Synopses

    Related Documents

    High Court decision — Not publicly available

    Court of Appeal decision — Not publicly available

    Leave judgment - leave granted — SOLICITOR-GENERAL’S REFERENCE (NO 1 OF 2024) [2024] NZSC 160 [27 November 2024] (PDF 135 KB)

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